My friend Susan Straight and I have been swapping manuscripts-in-progress since graduating from the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts,
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First of all, let's define “pro:” for the purposes of this article, a pro is someone who earns his/her primary income
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“I'm going to finally write that book,” you vowed on New Year's Eve. Maybe you whispered it to your partner in bed, or brazenly
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Last month, I had the pleasure of appearing on a panel at the West Hollywood Book Fair with writers T. Greenwood, whose latest novel is the
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I am a new knitter, but an experienced novelist. It's only lately that I've begun to realize what my two favorite activities
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Recently, I took my mom to see The Great Gatsby. As we watched the scene where Nick is asleep on the couch, wan and pale and surrounded by manuscript
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